 The Marquis De Chastellux, who was in Philadelphia while these efforts were in progress, was delighted with the event. In describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he says, " We began by Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see...  Autumn Hours and Fireside Reading - Page 228by Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1854 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he says, " We began by Mrs. Bache. She merits respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work, lately... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - United States - 1856 - 394 pages
...manner it has been done in this place, which has been almost all by monopolizing and forestalling." In the patriotic effort of the ladies of Philadelphia...we had to see her, for she is the daughter of Mr. Frankin. Simple in her manners, like her respected father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 788 pages
...describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he says, " We began by Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the...daughter of Mr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work, lately... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 794 pages
...describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he says, " We began by Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the...daughter of Mr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work, lately... | |
 | Lemuel Moss - United States - 1868 - 786 pages
...describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he ' says, ' We began with Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the...daughter of Mr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work lately... | |
 | Lemuel MOSS - 1870 - 420 pages
...describing a visit to several of the American ladies, he says, — ' We began with Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the...daughter of Mr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work lately... | |
 | Abraham Messler - Somerset County (N.J.) - 1878 - 204 pages
...by it. In describing a visit to several of the ladies, he says : "We began by Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the daughter of Dr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She... | |
 | Mrs. John A. Logan - Women - 1912 - 980 pages
...the following description of Mrs. Bache, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin : "After a slight repast, we went to visit the ladies, agreeable to the Philadelphia custom, where morning is the most proper hour for paying visits. We began by Mrs. Bache. She merited all the anxiety... | |
 | Historic buildings - 1917 - 396 pages
...the Revolution, to see its people and its sights. "First we began by visiting Mrs. Bache. She merits all the anxiety we had to see her, for she is the...daughter of Mr. Franklin. Simple in her manners, like her respectable father, she possesses his benevolence. She conducted us into a room filled with work, lately... | |
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